About a half hour before Shameless goes on and I finally decided to sit down and type this....
This is my week OFF....two weeks on, one week off = the chemo pill.
Feeling great....no symptoms this round.
I still have some tingling in my feet and I think I now have plantar fasciitis...heel pain. I bought a pair of heel cushions and it seems much better. It's an inflamation of your heel mostly from standing a lot (which I do). I keep moisturizing my hands with lotion and under my finger nails (seems that is where the skin is the dryest). Other than that, I have my energy and appetite.
I have an appointment with Dr. May and blood work on Friday.
I WAS suppose to go for a PET scan this week but it seems that my insurance company DENIED it. The office called to say that I was now to schedule a Nuclear Imaging Bone Scan (at the hospital) and then have a CT Scan at Sparta. I called to make the appt. for the bone scan....it's for Wednesday at 10 am = I go for the radiation injection at 10 am - then I can leave or stay but need to be back 3 hours later for the 1 hour scan! Are you kidding me?!!! I made this appt. on Friday about 2 pm. I was home alone and completely lost it! So totally frustrated that I have to have 2 scans on two different days and see the doctor on Friday! Plus it's having all this crap injected!!!
After I calmed myself down, I decided to call the insurance company directly. They said it was denied due to the doctor not giving all the information needed. She can call again and re-apply for this PET scan. I was happy with that answer. I called the office and got the answering machine. Here it was about 2:30 and they leave at 4 == had no call back. Now dwelling over this the entire weekend, first thing tomorrow I will call the office to set this ONE scan up!!! Guess nothing will happen this week = so I'm sure it will be in 3 weeks = which is fine with me. As long as Dr. May agrees with this and doesn't pressure me to go for these two scans. Not that the PET scan is any better = but it's just ONE scan and being injected with radiation once! The PET scan gives bone density information.
What blows my mind = if the insurance company declines one scan for the cost....now with two scans it would cost more! Really?!! Is the doctor trying to make some kind of point with the insurance company??? Is this related to Obama Care???? = heck, it's all a conspiracy!!!! LOL Guess you have to find some humor in all of this.
I do a fair amount of 'channel surfing'....I've watched before but I don't know the actual schedule = Joel Osteen. He totally amazes me. He gets me so uplifted by what he speaks about. I've caught his show twice....his first one was 'telling' God, the Lord, to heal me! He said God wants good for all of us and we have to be persistant and stong to 'tell' Him what we want. Today Joel Osteen was talking about 'timing'...why is it when we ask for something it doesn't happen tomorrow....God has a plan. He knows what and when you will receive it. It may take a day, month, years...and in that time you will find what you were asking for...or someone that you meet that takes you to achieve your intention. I've always known, deep down, that God brings people into your life for a reason. If you ever get a chance to see or listen to Joel Osteen - do, I'm sure you'll be totally impressed and uplifted by his speeches.
Other than this beautiful weather we are experiencing - life is great! As I shake my head in disbelief....more snow expected Monday night into Tuesday. We have so much snow and no place to put what is being plowed! and when the warmer weather comes to melt it...and being cold at night = what melts turns into black ice! No winning here = at least for another month! We need several days of warm weather along with rain = to wash it all away....and most likely into the houses = houses with basements! and into houses that have no basements.
Charlie was up on the roof (one roof over the screened in porch and where the pool table is) shoveling off the heavy snow. The rest of the roof is angled enough that it will eventually slide off. speaking of which = outside the upstairs deck is a chunk of snow that will be an avalanche!!!! when the door is open. Charlie said he will shovel it off tomorrow = unless all the snow falls on top of him when he begins shoveling!!! = I'll have my camera ready...now that's my weird sense of humor - watching it happen!
Poor dogs are having a hard time finding a place to 'do their thing'. Jersey went next door to go = under their trampoline! She and Marlee were outside and I called them to come in. Marlee came but Jersey didn't. I had to put my coat and boots on to find her. Here I thought she was trapped in snow! I saw her struggling to come back home. I figured if she got there = she could get back....all this happened while it was snowing yesterday and Charlie was at work. I was ready to call him to come home = if she was stuck someplace there would be no way that I could get her out...thank God she was okay.
the end....
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